Today's Weather: Carbonite

You'd think there would only be so many Empire Strikes Back jokes to be made about our weather but...The snow is quickly piling up again at the Chicagoist office and we'll see an additional couple of inches by the time the day's out. High's will reach the mid-teens and there will be some brisk winds keeping the windchill at subzero levels and blowing snow about. Still, today is balmy compared to what we're about to face: upwards of 60 consecutive hours of temps (including windchill) below zero. Enough to prompt a Wind Chill Warning. Tomorrow could be the first say in 12 years that we don't crack 0 on the mercury, and it all starts tonight as winds pick up to 30 mph and temps drop to -7.